A Concise History of History: Global Historiography from Antiquity to the Present

by Daniel Woolf

Book Overview

This short history of history is an ideal introduction for those studying or teaching the subject as part of courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography. Spanning the earliest known forms of historical writing in the ancient Near East right through to the present and covering developments in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas, it also touches on the latest topics and debates in the field, such as 'Big History',...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108444857
• ISBN13: 9781108444859
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"